Covid Vaccination: Stay alert to anomalies
Health watchdog asks govt as it sits after 9 months
A parliamentary body yesterday directed the health ministry to ensure that no irregularities and corruption take place centring the Covid-19, like those of Regent Hospital and JKG healthcare over testing.
This was for the first time that the parliamentary standing committee on the health ministry sat in a meeting since March.
It also asked the ministry to coordinate with the civil aviation ministry and take measures to temporarily suspend air communication with the UK following the outbreak of a new strain of Covid-19 there.
Ruling Awami League MP Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, who is the chairman of the parliamentary watchdog, presided over the meeting at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
New Delhi: Passenger flights between the UK and India would remain suspended till January 7 and they will resume in a strictly regulated manner thereafter, Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Wednesday.
The Civil Aviation Ministry had last week suspended all flights between the European country and India from December 23 to December 31 as a mutated variant of the coronavirus was detected there.
Puri s announcement has come following a recommendation by the Union Health Ministry to extend the suspension of India-UK flights till January 7.
Puri said on Twitter: Decision has been taken to extend the temporary suspension of flights to & from the UK till 7 January 2021.
India Likely To Extend Ban On UK Flights
India has banned all direct flights from the UK till December 31 after a new coronavirus strain was reported in Britain
PTI 29 December 2020 outlookindia.com 2020-12-29T17:11:19+05:30
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Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Tuesday said he foresees a slight extension of temporary suspension of passenger flights between India and the UK, where a new variant of the coronavirus has been detected.
The Civil Aviation Ministry had last week suspended all flights between India and the UK from December 23 to December 31 over the mutated variant of the virus. I foresee a slight extension of temporary suspension of India-UK flights, the minister said during a press conference on Tuesday.
Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Tuesday said he foresees a slight extension of temporary suspension of passenger flights between India and the UK, where a new variant of the coronavirus has been detected. The Civil Aviation Ministry had last week suspended all flights between that country and India from December 23 to December 31 over the mutated variant of the virus. I foresee a slight extension of temporary suspension of India-UK flights, the minister told a press conference. In the next day or two, we will find out if any additional steps need to be taken, or when we can start easing the current temporary suspension, he said.
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New Delhi, December 29
India is likely to extend the suspension of passenger flights to and from the United Kingdom to check the spread of the new strain of coronavirus, Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday.
The ministry had last week suspended all flights between the two countries from December 23 to December 31 over the mutated variant of the virus which is more contagious.
“I foresee a slight extension of temporary suspension of India-UK flights,” the minister told a press conference here on Tuesday.
“In a day or two, we will find out if any additional steps need to be taken, or when we can start easing the current temporary suspension,” he said.